On Saturday afternoon, September 25th, the governor of California signed in to law a bill to stop the anti-Semitic BDS movement.

The bill, Assembly Bill 2844, only had two objectors in the entire California legislature, one in the House and one in the Senate.

The new law, called the “Anti-BDS Act” says what Alabama and 11 other States have said; in effect –

If you engage in discrimination against any sovereign State, including Israel, you will not do business with the State of California.

This is stunning achievement as California State Universities have been featured in documentaries with massive, and successful, radical protests – “Israel Apartheid Day” rallies that fly banners calling Jews “Nazis,” accusing Israel of Apartheid measures against Palestinians and other terrible anti-Semitic propaganda pushed by Muslim groups backed by Hamas and Islamists.

Several campuses of the University of California have voted to divest funds form companies doing business in the West Bank territory of Israel.

The first California University to divest funds from companies doing business in Israel was San Jose State University. In November 2015 the student government voted unanimously to divest from four companies that they say “play an active role in human rights violations committed by the Israeli government.”

These companies include Caterpillar, Motorola, Hewlett Packard, and GS4, a security company. These same companies have been the subject of divestment measures by several Universities and Christian church denominations. Why have these companies been targeted?

Here is the truth and the objections. The Palestinian Authority, the ruling governing body of the Arabs residing in ancient Judea and Samaria area of Israel, known as the West Bank, encourages the Palestinians to commit terror attack against Jews. If a member of the family will attack or kill a Jewish Civilian in the area, the family is financially rewarded, proving for them a yearly income. This has been denounced internationally but no one can stop it. To offset this encouragement for terror, Israel decided to “bulldoze” the home of any caught terrorists.

The anti-BDS, anti-Israel extremists say that Israel is bulldozing the homes of innocent Palestinians and they are using Caterpillar bulldozer to commit “human rights violations.” They do not talk about the hundreds of daily terror attacks committed by Palestinians on the Jewish people. Nor do they mention that Caterpillar’s equipment is used to build roads in the West Bank used by both Arabs and Jews and that the Palestinians are employed by Caterpillar in high paying jobs to run equipment.

The BDS movement degraded as California passes anti-BDS bill.

The other three companies are all security related, helping protect the Jewish people form the terror attacks. Motorola provides the security cameras hidden in the trees in the West Bank so that they do not have to build walls or extreme fencing between the Jewish and Arab neighborhoods in the West Bank. The Motorola camera system stopped a terror attack in Efrat, a Jewish neighborhood south of Jerusalem, just weeks before this bill was signed.

Hewlett Packard supplies a biometric access control system used for work permits for Palestinians that have to travel into Israel. This has been used to stop the bus bombings by Palestinian terrorists from Gaza. G4S, the fourth company, provides security to Jewish businesses in the West Bank and supplies luggage scanners at various checkpoints to check for bombs.

Divesting and attempting to cause economic harm to these companies is actually supporting terrorism in Israel. The legislators in Sacramento have seen the terrorist propaganda for what it is and know what a great friend and trading partner they have in Israel. Israel’s water technologies may just be what saves California from their incredible drought.

The bill includes the statements:

“The exercise of one’s First Amendment rights is not a justification for engaging in acts of unlawful discrimination.”

“It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure that taxpayer funds are not used to do business with or otherwise support any state or private entity that engages in discriminatory actions against individuals under the pretext of exercising First Amendment rights. This includes, but is not limited to, discriminatory actions taken against individuals of the Jewish faith under the pretext of a constitutionally protected boycott or protest of the State of Israel”

“It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure that taxpayer funds are not used to do business with or support discriminatory actions against any individuals.”

The Bill requires, similar to the Alabama bill passed earlier this year, which any contract over a certain amount will have to be certified under penalty of perjury that they company or agency is not involved in boycotting or any discriminatory act.

It will be interesting to see how the leftist professors that encourage this rhetoric and the student unions on California campuses react to this new law. How will California enforce it and get the Universities that have already put in divestiture measures in place be corrected?

Robin Rowan is a recipient of the 'Secretary of Defense Medal for the Global War on Terrorism." After many years in government oversight for U.S. Inspectors Generals, Ms. Rowan conducts extensive research and mandates truth over politics. She is a political activist for the US- Israel relationship, serving as lay lobbing leader and six years on the National Council of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). (Views expressed do not reflect views of AIPAC.) An ordained minister, she speaks to Churches of all denominations on Israel and the importance of the Christian advocacy and engagement in politics. Webinars and a weekly podcast are in development. Sponsorship of this work is encouraged.
Robin can be contacted at Church4Israel @ gmail.com.

About the Author

Robin Rowan

Robin Rowan is a recipient of the 'Secretary of Defense Medal for the Global War on Terrorism." After many years in government oversight for U.S. Inspectors Generals, Ms. Rowan conducts extensive research and mandates truth over politics. She is a political activist for the US- Israel relationship, serving as lay lobbing leader and six years on the National Council of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). (Views expressed do not reflect views of AIPAC.) An ordained minister, she speaks to Churches of all denominations on Israel and the importance of the Christian advocacy and engagement in politics. Webinars and a weekly podcast are in development. Sponsorship of this work is encouraged.
Robin can be contacted at Church4Israel @ gmail.com.

I am a fan of Benjamin Netanyahu and pray/believe for him regularly, besides praying for Israel. Go sis and thanks for the invite.

Robert Kingstone

2018-05-10T05:39:21+0000

This is great! Blessed is he who blesses Israel. Thanks Robin for inviting me here!

Julie Marston Ottaway

2018-04-17T13:37:42+0000

Zeeshan Samuel

2018-03-08T18:21:05+0000

Paul Samuels

2017-09-09T16:48:57+0000

Tracy Destiny

2017-07-09T04:06:48+0000

Church for Israel was founded by Robin Rowan. She is a woman of integrity and has decades of knowledge and wisdom! I cannot recommend this ministry highly enough, except to say:
EXCELLENCE, PERSEVERANCE INTEGRITY & PASSION for ISRAEL are corner stones !!!

Joseph Castillo

2017-02-11T02:01:47+0000

Allan Roeder

2016-11-29T04:12:28+0000

god bless Israel,maybe with a president trump we will get back to full support,and recognize Jerusalem as the capital of israel.

John Bill Culton

2016-11-22T05:44:19+0000

Great we need to be friends with Israel tell your congressman to back Israel.

Nokomis Myers

2016-11-14T14:20:04+0000

Jay Monty

2016-01-15T22:03:33+0000

Mike Mendez

2015-04-12T19:51:17+0000

Raymond Reed

2015-04-01T03:33:04+0000

Gloria Gannon

2015-03-29T15:38:30+0000

Ross Dickens

2015-02-20T15:25:48+0000

I will stand with Israel, until death. No one can defeat God.

Haukur Hauksson

2014-12-26T20:53:15+0000

Brian Hassett

2014-12-14T04:20:38+0000

An excellent source of balanced news about Israel as well as the roll our government plays in support for Israel. This is a great source of news.

Dawn Ceiga Gleason

2014-11-13T21:17:06+0000

Love it! Great information. I appreciate Robin's expertise and insights.

Deborah Anthony

2014-11-13T20:19:39+0000

Great, accurate information. This page is to be trusted.

Tariq Ghori

2014-11-13T18:28:25+0000

God bless you lsreal and USA All others country ........ god always with you...

Martha Sue Miller

2014-11-13T17:36:25+0000

I really appreciate being able to get news from a source I trust.

Edmund Kis

2014-11-13T16:51:18+0000

Thank you Robin for the excellent work that you do in regards to Israel. I appreciate your insight and diligence to this subject, and we pray that the church will wake up and start contributing to what the Father is working on!!!

Angie Whitfield

2014-11-13T15:38:47+0000

Karen Hickman Loftis

2014-11-13T15:18:42+0000

Renee Bryant

2014-10-14T15:52:20+0000

Jewel Ficner

2014-09-29T15:06:54+0000

Great information from a knowledgeable source. Thanks Robin for presenting info we don't hear from mainstream media.

Neer Hason

2014-08-12T14:59:11+0000

God bless America and god bless Israel, god willing soon we will have a real leader back in our White House

David Blalock

2014-07-30T23:35:05+0000

CeCe Compton

2014-07-04T01:39:01+0000

Robin Rowan

2014-06-04T18:26:54+0000

Andra Cunningham

2014-05-25T22:45:58+0000

Karl K. Whiteman

2014-05-25T22:34:35+0000

Cindy Dellatore Johnson

2014-02-17T09:02:34+0000

Debi Smith

2014-01-03T22:12:01+0000

Celebrate JerUSAlem 2018 Fundraiser

It all started with Prayer.

We are celebrating the 70th Anniversary of Israel and the 50th Anniversary of unified Jerusalem.

President Trump has declared Jerusalem as Israel’s eternal capital and moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem in May 2018.

Celebrate with this commemorative pin.

This handcrafted Lapel Pin or Magnet is a gift for any donation of $10 or more.